<Page> SUPPLEMENT TO YOUR ANNUAL PRODUCT INFORMATION NOTICE HARTFORD TOTAL RETURN BOND HLS FUND HARTFORD U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES HLS FUND Effective March 5, 2012, Wellington Management Company, LLP will replace Hartford Investment Management Company as sub-adviser for the Hartford Total Return Bond HLS Fund and Hartford U.S. Government Series HLS Fund. Under the "Fund Data" section of the Annual Product Information Notice, the following fund information in the table is deleted and replaced with: <Table> <Caption> FUNDING OPTION INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE SUMMARY INVESTMENT ADVISER/SUB-ADVISER --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HARTFORD HLS SERIES FUND II, INC. HARTFORD U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Seeks to maximize total return while HL Investment Advisors, LLC HLS FUND -- CLASS IA providing shareholders with a high level of Sub-advised by Wellington Management current income consistent with prudent Company, LLP investment risk HARTFORD SERIES FUND, INC. HARTFORD TOTAL RETURN BOND HLS FUND -- Seeks a competitive total return, with HL Investment Advisors, LLC CLASS IA income as a secondary objective Sub-advised by Wellington Management Company, LLP </Table> THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE RETAINED WITH THE ANNUAL INFORMATION PRODUCT NOTICE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. HV-8133